Saturday, August 4, 2018

Babies Blessed

It was a special day today.  Two new babies belonging to siblings of mine were blessed today and that is always a special and tender thing.  Micheal David Morris and Walter Terry Fontano were blessed by their fathers Dan Morris and Dave Fontano.  Dan and Amy have big babies and it was funny to see how Mikey was so big compared to little Walter.  Granted, Mikey is a bit older and Walter came a little early and was small from the start but the size comparison does make me laugh a little.  Mikey reminds me of his brother Sambo who was one of the biggest babies I have ever seen (he has thinned out quite a bit now) and Terry looks just like his two older brothers.  Babies are a wonderful thing.  I love to be around them, to hold them, to feel of their great spirits.  It was a great honor for me to be there today and to participate in this special event.  It was wonderful to stand in the circle with my brothers and my father, with my brother in law and his father, with Dave's in-laws, and with other friends. Good people.  Grateful to be there. 

Earlier this morning we gathered at a storage unit that we have had for the last several years.  We cleaned out much of it.  There were some fun things to look at including several of dad's collections. There were magic tricks, hats, and an unusual number of harmonicas. We aren't certain that pops even plays the harmonica but he sure collects them.  Mike did some modeling of several of dads hats including a mullet equipped billy bob hat. Thankfully he opted to not put in the billy bob teeth. With every hat modeled he did a Fonzie impersonation of sorts. It was good for a laugh.  We also enjoyed a little journaling of mother's where she wrote about her being such a skank and then the word processor not being sure that she was using the word quite right.  No, no mother, you were not using the word correctly and it is not recommended that anyone refer to themselves that way. 

I realize that I said I would be stepping away from the blog. As you can see this is more than just a message about how tired I am. I will sit and write when I have something to record but I will not sit and struggle to stay awake for an hour just so I can punch out how tired I am on the keyboard.  I think this will work out well.  I did feel the withdrawal last night as I went to bed without keeping a record. I do think it will be more meaningful to sit down and record something because I have a feeling that I need to or want to rather than feeling an obligation to write something, anything just so I can check off a box that said I did it.  

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